Michael Kitson, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Michael Kitson

British art historian

Date of Birth: 30-Jan-1926

Date of Death: 07-Aug-1998

Profession: art historian

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Michael William Lely Kitson (30 January 1926 – 7 August 1998) was an art historian who became an international authority on the work of the painter Claude Lorrain.
His teaching career took in the Slade School of Fine Art and Courtauld Institute in London; he was at the latter from 1955 to 1985, ending as Professor of the History of Art from 1978 and deputy director from 1980.
He then moved to be Director of Studies at the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art in London.
In 1969, he organized the first major exhibition ever dedicated to Lorrain at the Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, followed by the Hayward Gallery, London.